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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] StockDC2:
Oh poop, decided to root my Note 2 and now "No U Verizon" is stuck on "Initialising Protocol....". The phone says "Download... Do not turn off target!!".

Thanks in advance for any help!

This is a tool which will root, unlock, and install a custom recovery on a Verizon Galaxy Note 2.

--Galaxy Note 2 Jailbreak-NoYouVerizon--

This is a tool which will root, unlock, and install a custom recovery on a Verizon Galaxy Note 2. Put your device into ADB mode. Credit for this exploit goes to Lee Harrison

Rebooting into download mode

Waiting for Downoad Mode device.....Executing Heimdall command.

Heimdall v1.4 RC2

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Initialising connection...

Detecting device...

ERROR: Failed to access device. libusb error: -12

Drivers are Required Launching CADI.

CASUAL Automated Driver Installer by jrloper.

Installing Drivers now

[Heimdall Error Report] Detected:

'LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED'; Attempting to continue

[/Heimdall Error Report]

Heimdall v1.4 RC2

Copyright (c) 2010-2012, Benjamin Dobell, Glass Echidna

http://www.glassechidna.com.au/

This software is provided free of charge. Copying and redistribution is

encouraged.

If you appreciate this software and you would like to support future

development please consider donating:

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Initialising connection...

Detecting device...

Claiming interface...

Setting up interface...

Checking if protocol is initialised...

Protocol is not initialised.

Initialising protocol...

ERROR: Unexpected handshake response!ERROR: Unexpected handshake response!ERROR: Protocol initialisation failed!

Releasing device interface...

[Heimdall Error Report] Detected:

Heimdall continuable error; Attempting to continue

[/Heimdall Error Report]

Heimdall v1.4 RC2

Copyright (c) 2010-2012, Benjamin Dobell, Glass Echidna

http://www.glassechidna.com.au/

This software is provided free of charge. Copying and redistribution is

encouraged.

If you appreciate this software and you would like to support future

development please consider donating:

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Initialising connection...

Detecting device...

Claiming interface...

Setting up interface...

Checking if protocol is initialised...

Protocol is not initialised.

Initialising protocol...
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] red321red321:
With Mantano, ezpdf and PDF Max, I think it is. The display makes the pages look like paper.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] guthrien:
It has the best tablet screen I've ever used. It allows you to take instant notes or do research on what you're reading. Those two things put it up there. However, I think it's a little heavy to be the perfect "reader". Just my opinion. I certainly will be using it as one.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] Smac7:
Can you tell me if the new pdf max update fixes slow handwriting response? I'm looking to replace ezpdf but I don't want top spend 10 to find out if it works well.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] red321red321:
I'd suggest buying it. Google gives you 30 mins to refund the app. Yet another reason why android beats iOS.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] C2Q:
I think PDF Max has issues with our device or screen resolution due to the handwriting lag. Oddly there's no lag on my galaxy s3 for writing on PDF Max, so I feel like its just a compatibility issue or something for our screen resolution?

Will try todays update when I get home. Hopefully it fixed the laggy annotation.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] Smac7:
I thought it was only 15 minutes. Either way, I only get one refund so I want to test it when the app is fixed then I can see if its really worth my money. I did email the developer and they said they will support spen soon.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] C2Q:
It seems like the new PDF max update just made performance a bit laggier. Can someone else confirm?

I'm reading a textbook and it happens when im near the bottom quarter of the page scrolling down to the top of the next page. There is a ton of choppiness/lag around that portion but then it goes back to normal after.

I'm gonna try to find the previous version when I get home and check again.

Oddly this doesn't happen on my Galaxy S3 and performance on my phone is splendid.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] Ettepetje:
My Note 2, with CoolReader is the best ereader from all I've seen (apart from a good E-Ink screen). Before that the Note 1, also with CoolReader. With its page-like appearance and great screen contrast Amoled and CoolReader are hard to beat. The Note 3 is slightly worse, possibly because all good looking fonts I tried are thinner on its higher resolution screen. I would put the Note 3 on-par with an iPad 4, which is slightly better than my 2014 Note 10.1.

It is, I think, all a matter of contrast. With poor contrast you have to turn up the backlight, which is unpleasant for your eyes if you have to look into that for a long time. My iPad 4 has good contrast, but Amoled's is clearly better. The 2014 Note 10.1 has a slightly worse contrast than the iPad.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] ntony17:
This is for me!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobisystems.ubreader_west

Inviato dal mio GT-I9505 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] gina$zanboti:
I really love this tablet for my school work. As for the best e-reader for a casual read to relax I think I still prefer my e-ink kindle. Before I realized how well the s-pen worked I had no interest in owning a tablet at all.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] TranquilityBlue:
96899355 69

Damn straight it is. As a Biology/Pre-med student, most of my classes involve more than a fair bit of note taking, annotating lecture slides, and scratch work. Last semester for organic chemistry alone I filled two notebooks full of notes and problems. This tablet has made my life so much easier in this regard, and I don't have to bother printing out my lecture slides as I can annotate them directly on it. For o-chem II, which involves a lot of complex reaction mechanisms and synthesis problems, it lets me color code my electron arrows, corrections, and highlights, and I don't need to worry about filling it up. :laugh: I would recommend this tablet wholeheartedly to any science/engineering students. It's a little pricey, granted, but I've only had mine for a little bit and I already can't imagine studying without it.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] Smac7:
what app do you use?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] wingdo:
I can't believe PDF Max costs $10 and doesn't support Adobe DRM. Sadly neither does Cool Reader.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] TranquilityBlue:
LectureNotes for note-taking and scratch work, and EZpdf for annotating my lecture slides. I also use a powerpoint to pdf converter because some of my professors upload their slides in .ppt or .pptx. With those apps I've become virtually notebook free in class, and I don't have to lug my oversized 17" in MacBook around with me as often.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] ChrisNee1988:
what powerpoint to pdf converter do you use?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] TranquilityBlue:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=br.com.thinkti.android.powerpointtopdf&hl=en

It's nothing special but it works and its free. :good:
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] C2Q:
Mantano reader does I believe. The only bragging point of PDF Max is how fast it is, it is the fastest reader for PDFs I have tried on Android.
[Dell Venue] stoke451:
The Dell Venue has been rooted!

You'll probably want to head over to social-design-concepts' thread:

[DEV] DELL VENUE 7/8 Intel Rooting / Development Discussion

Dell Venue 8 DEV-EDITION conversion
[Dell Venue] arclight25:
I think we need a dedicated board for the new Venue tablets. I would like to get mine rooted as well.
[Dell Venue] Astral Dee:
I am waiting for the BF deal to get Venue 8 for $129. I also want to know if it will be possible to root it.

I am newbie to rooting as well, but I guess the first thing is to unlock the bootloader. Am I right?

What is Dell's previous attitude to locking the bootloader on their Android devices? Will it be possible to unlock this device's bootloader?
[Dell Venue] arclight25:
I would imagine that root will be possible at some point. It is running pretty much vanilla android. (I am glad dell didn't add all their bloatware)

$129 is an awsome price for this tablet. It tests out on Antutu much better than the Note 8.0 and $129 puts it almost $200 less. (Not counting what Samsung will do for its own BF deals)
[Dell Venue] kildurin:
Amazon just dropped the price by $20. $109 now and the 32G was $159. I went with 32G. :good:
[Dell Venue] abhi2889:
I also just bought 32G version.. Great deal and free shipping with Amazon prime :)
[Dell Venue] chairsz:
which amazon site? i just checked both us and canada site and the us isnt even mentioning the 32 gig and the 16 gig is still 179 and canada site doesnt sell em yet this is valid as of 657am eastern standard time
[Dell Venue] stew1411:
I just ordered one from newegg. They're offering the 8" 32gb model for $159.99. Amazon has the 7" 16gb model for $159.99.
[Dell Venue] TheUnforgiven83:
I got 32GB Venue 8 from Dell for $149 shipped Thanksgiving night. Got the Targus Folio case for $15 there too. Ordered an Armorsuit screen protector from Amazon for it, and already have it. lol
[Dell Venue] Astral Dee:
So, I ultimately decided not to get this 8 inch tablet. Instead got the Nexus 7, which should offer immediate OTA updates and more developer support.

The official Dell support for the tablet seems to be lacking as there are two or three issues still unresolved at their official forums. And I think the Venue 8 Pro Windows 8.1 tablet is getting much more popular, so Dell might offer more support to their Windows line.
[Dell Venue] deltatux:
Maybe all we need is a Clockworkmod recovery or TWRP recovery?

I found out that the bootloader is unlocked, that means it's ripe for the pickings: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2551863

EDIT: I gave some more thoughts into this rooting method and realized that using Motochopper wouldn't work because it will attempt to install an ARM su binary. The Dell Venue 7 & 8 are Intel x86 tablets, we must find another rooting method. This is just purely a hypothesis as I haven't done any detailed analysis of the Motochopper exploit, but maybe we can substitute the ARM su binary with an x86 one from the Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 or ASUS MemoPad FHD 10.1 forums.

I know that both of these tablets have successfully gained root, the Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 requires the tablet to flash a modified system image with su already pushed into it through ODIN and the ASUS MemoPad FHD 10.1 requires the same process through fastboot. I know fastboot is already unlocked on the Dell Venue 7/8, all there is now is to find a way to include the x86 su binary into the Dell Venue 7/8 system image and we can just flash it into our system.

This will likely mean that we need to find a way to extract the system image from these tablets and then manually install the x86 su library to /system/xbin/su and then also bundle SuperSU.apk on the system as well.

deltatux
[Dell Venue] streak4m3:
^^^Exciting stuff^^^
[Dell Venue] NoUseToRush:
Rooting

maybe this could help...Ramos i9 has the same processor our Venue 8 and has been rooted.

See

http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/93537-ramos-i9-aio-thread/
[Dell Venue] deltatux:
That set of instructions requires adb root, which doesn't work on the Android build on the Dell Venue 7/8. Since it's a production build, adb root doesn't work without the device rooted already.

deltatux
[Dell Venue] xdajunkman:
With an unlocked bootloader root should be possible without too much trouble. I have gone through this process on an older phone, and hopefully we can work it out for this device without the need to get a real developer interested in the device. From my experience, the starting point is to get ahold of an image of the boot partition for the device. This can be unpacked, modified, then used to boot a device that has an unlocked bootloader. If that works, a temporary root shell can be opened on the device and permanent root obtained from there. If Dell has released the firmware for the device, then getting the boot.img should be easy. If not, then once an update is released the new boot.img can usually be extracted from the update package. I have looked around a bit, but could not find the firmware for this device. If anyone else can find an image of the current firmware, post your findings here. Otherwise, I will keep looking as well.

I am actually still waiting for my device to arrive, and will start tinkering once I get it. In the interim, has anyone tried some of the other root methods for 4.2?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2130276

http://www.srsroot.com
[Dell Venue] Anthony_tang:
How about the endurance?
[Dell Venue] NoUseToRush:
Framaroot doesn't work: error #7
[Dell Venue] deltatux:
I've been trying to extract boot and system but the methods I know on Linux requires root (dd) so I'm not sure how to extract them.

I think you mean battery life, it's pretty decent, not the best out there but still very good.

deltatux
[Dell Venue] NoUseToRush:
"pretty decent" is very polite. Personally, I find the battery life mediocre. I know that PressReader is an energy intensive app but Venue 8 should not loose 35-40% of its charge reading a newspaper.
[Dell Venue] deltatux:
Not sure how that's possible because I've been playing with a Dell Venue 7, and I can surf the web and play a few light games and it still has about 8 hours of battery life.

Though, not sure what brightness you set the screen to, I manually adjusted the brightness because the Dell Venue 7's auto brightness never seems to get the brightness settings correct, I always find it too bright for my liking and the screen brightness seems to be what eats up the battery the most.

deltatux
[Dell Venue] Tornade69:
Nothing strange, Dell push the updates slowly probably by serial number... I own a venue 8 and didn't receive the 4.3 update. Btw this thread is for rooting... Another thread here for updates... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2583516
[Dell Venue] Ishman:
Did you see if this would help you since you installed vroot.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2434453&nocache=1

Seems like folks are skeptical of this method. I would definitely like to hear if there is more to this. Seems like it had to do something to allow writing system files.
[Dell Venue] jpacleb85:
I understand that this is a thread about rooting android on these devices, however, it seems like this place is a gathering of people tinkering with these tablets. I myself have a venue 7 and I am more interested in removing android and droidbood, and either getting the venue 8 pro's AO4 bios.. or different bootloader such as clover bootloader. Does anyone here have any information that would help me in my venture? Any help would be greatly appreciated

Best Regards,

James
[Dell Venue] sfleury:
I have root on my Dell Venue 8

I am running on 4.2.2 on a Dell Venue 8, don't know if this will work with 4.3 (I suspect that it won't).

It has been suggested in later posts that it does not work on the Venue 7 but I don't know for sure.

These are the steps ... read them carefully, steps 3 to 7 are commands you need to type at on a command line.

1 - Got cydia Impactor from (http://www.cydiaimpactor.com/)

2 - Used Impactor to drop SuperSu on /system/xbin/su

When running Impactor, make sure your tablet is connected to the PC and that you have adb access. Also I suggest making sure your screen is on and unlocked but I don't know if that is really necessary.

3 - adb shell

4 - /system/xbin/su

This put me in a root shell

5 - mount -orw,remount /system

6 - mv /system/bin/su /system/bin/su.org

7 - ln -s /system/xbin/su /system/bin/su

8 - Installed supersu from the market

9 - Installed Titanium Backup

I have rebooted and restored backed up apps from a different tablet.

NOTE:

After this is complete the command "adb root" will still not work.
[Dell Venue] endleesss:
i tried vroot, it didn't work
[Dell Venue] jpacleb85:
Wait, so are you saying that you got rooted?
[Dell Venue] endleesss:
Can you provide a more detailed description?

I'm also wondering if the Fdroid root method works.

btw, i tried vroot and it didn't work.
[Dell Venue] sfleury:
Yes. I thought that was clear, sorry.

---------- Post added at 02:41 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:26 AM ----------

Not sure how much more detailed it could be ...

Cydia Impactor knows how to exploit something, (I don't know what).

Following those steps worked for me, I now have root access and can use Ti Backup which was my main goal.

I don't know what Fdroid or Vroot are ...

My gut tells me this won't work on 4.3 but since I don't have it and don't really know the exploit I can't say for sure.

Maybe someone can use this to create a custom recovery image, but I have no experience with that at the moment.

It would be nice if someone else could try it an confirm it works for them as well...
[Dell Venue] endleesss:
i have 4.3 and impactor, all it says is testing#9950697

then in adb shell when i type adb root, it says adbd cannot run as root in production builds
[Dell Venue] phlyphish:
Please tell us which tablet you did this on. Was it the Venue 7 or 8?

Thanks.
[Dell Venue] sfleury:
It was the Dell Venue 8 as stated in the subject line of my posting ... I suspect it will work with either one but I don't know.
[Dell Venue] stang48317:
This does not work on my Venue 7, which is still running 4.2.2. Cydia Impactor gives me an error that "signature bugs unavailable".
[Dell Venue] sfleury:
If you download and install SRT AppScanner it will tell you if your tablet is vulnerable to an attack of type 9950697, 4.2.2 is, I suspect 4.3 is not.

Once you have run the test I recommend you uninstall SRT AppScanner, because it watched for attacks and tries to stop them so it got in cydia's road.

---------- Post added at 10:12 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:08 AM ----------

Damn, that sucks.
[Dell Venue] stang48317:
If you have root now, it should be possible for you to make a system image / boot image backup, correct? Won't that help with creating a custom recovery?
[Dell Venue] sfleury:
Yes, it will, but I have no experience with such things, for all my other devices someone else has done that before I got there,

I may try to at some point, but I don't even know which partition holds the recovery image at the moment. Having a custom recovery image "should" help people with 4.3 get rooted as well ...

baby steps.
[Dell Venue] jpacleb85:
nevermind.. did not see where you said you have a venue 8.. it's probably a slightly older build number than what came on the 7..
[Dell Venue] sfleury:
Out of curiosity has anyone else noticed that when running a terminal on the Venue 8 the left most character is partially off screen? Just wondering if this is unique to my tablet or just a "feature" of the Venue 8.

I just noticed it only happens when I hold the tablet in Landscape mode with the volume buttons on the bottom, if I rotate it 180 degrees (volume on top) it is fine.
[Dell Venue] chairsz:
this works like a mofo!! thanks homy, i had tried the cydia way before by just pressing the push su to xbin stuff which of course didnt work. thanks for finding the detailed adb commands needed to allow us venue 8 root.

now i can pimp this out a bit.

also if anyone needs a tester for recoverys and the like lemme know.

also if we can find and extract the stock recovery file/img somewhere in sys or wherever, we can upload it to the cwm people for them to build us a custom recovery
[Dell Venue] vilehost:
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thanks bro, now im rooted av. 8 4.2.2 :good:
[Dell Venue] sfleury:
Glad to have confirmation from other people.

Another Christmas dinner today, but I will investigate recovery etc... when I have some time.
[Dell Venue] vilehost:
can su in terminal, other root specific programs seem to recognize that it's rooted, manual system app debloat failed though.

im starting to think it's more superficial than full su functionatily, a few things make me think this way like transparent proxy with tor is failing, Linux deploy fails to mount even though it's been granted su, complete Linux installer one click boot fails to mount even though in root terminal, it seems as if / isn't being mounted as rw properly neither manually or automatically, so supersu is actually working with popups granting permissions but I think it's still being denied when you grant somehow, I haven't tested titanium backup so I cant compare to your findings, when you get some time fool around with other root options see what you get.
[Dell Venue] stang48317:
Ugh this sucks! They must have patched the Venue 7 for these vulnerabilities prior to shipping it. Guess I just need to wait now until there is a customer recovery.
[Dell Venue] Tornade69:
Thanks!

Now Rooted on my Venue 8 and Ad-away, Titanium Backup, Es Explorer all working perfectly!!! ADB Root not working but Su is working in terminal...
[Dell Venue] chairsz:
i tried so far in the last hour a few heavy root type apps, TBackup, root explorer, cpu controller, sd speed increase and the exposed framework app (i installed the module that gave advance reboot options) and these all worked wonderfully like they should i also updated the busybox binarys as well to the latest to be good to go. so far it looks to be a full root for me anyway.

enjoy.
[Dell Venue] Ishman:
This worked great for my Dell Venue 8 with 4.2.2. Thanks for the find!!!
[Dell Venue] robrowald:
Damn Impactor doesn't work on my 8. Says "signature bugs unavailable"
[Dell Venue] megaghostgamer:
If you have root you can access adb by using adb WiFi from play store. You can connect it to your computer and pull the boot.img or whatever you need through WiFi.
[Dell Venue] chairsz:
im using terminal emu within android, do you know any commands to extract the boot img or recovery img?
[Dell Venue] saintii2:
If you root, will you still receive the 4.3 update? If you do get the update, will it wipe out the root?
[Dell Venue] megaghostgamer:
I'm not sure how to through terminal but if you download a root explorer from the playstore and dig into /system and copy the boot.img to your sd card you'll be good to go to upload :)

It's debatable, I do believe it does because on my RAZR M we were rooted and the ota destroyed root. We are currently waiting for a way to root again. Best decision to make is to use voodoo root keeper in playstore in case of a update so you can restore root after the update, some people were lucky and did that with the OTA and me being unlucky forgot to lol.
[Dell Venue] vilehost:
after messing around with droidboot fastboot, fastboot recovery, and unroot tricks I successfully soft bricked and or bootlooped device, and apparently corrupted the stock recovery so wipe data/factory reset is bunk xD

flashing different x86.zip roms and recoveries and .img's until the new one is delivered in 3 to 5 business days :o, , internal sd maybe blown don't know yet, if anyone has .img's to test I'm in a perfect position to do so
[Dell Venue] megaghostgamer:
did you try the universal unroot from playstore and did it work? Just out of curiosity.